大黒天

Proper noun

 * 1)  Daikokuten, Japanese name for the Buddhist god Mahākāla

Usage notes
Daikokuten is the god of wealth, commerce and trade. In Japanese folk tradition, he is one of the seven gods of good fortune. In Shinto, he is syncretized with the deity Ōkuninushi. He is often depicted paired with Ebisu in statuary or in the form of masks on the walls of small retail shops. Daikokuten is also a god of the kitchen.

Coordinate terms

 * (Fukurokuju): god of happiness, wealth and longevity.
 * (Jurōjin): the god of longevity.
 * / /  /  (Ebisu): god of fishers or merchants, often depicted carrying a sea bream.
 * (Hotei): the fat and happy god of abundance and good health.
 * / (, Benzaiten): The Japanese name for the Hindu and Buddhist goddess Saraswati. The goddess of knowledge, art, beauty, music, language, wisdom, poetry and rivers.
 * (Kitsushōten): the goddess of happiness, charm and beauty, of fertility, nature, and of human creativity, and the patronesses of joy, amusement and festivities.
 * / /  (Bishamonten): the god of warriors.